Induction Coil Impedance Modeling using Equivalent Circuit Parameters

ABSTRACT

Methods and related systems are described for making an electromagnetic induction survey of a formation surrounding a cased section of a borehole. An electromagnetic transmitter and/or receiver is deployed into the cased section of the borehole. Electromagnetic survey measurements and impedance measurements relating to impedance of the transmitter and/or receiver are made while deployed in the section of the borehole. Compensation is made for the attenuation amplitude and/or phase in the electromagnetic survey measurements due to the conductive casing. The compensation is based on the impedance measurements and equivalent circuit parameters. The impedance measurements are correlated with numerical modeling results of a purely inductive electromagnetic transducer, and calculated equivalent circuit parameters are combined with the numerical modeling results.

BACKGROUND

1. Field

This patent specification relates to electromagnetic measurements madein connection with boreholes. More particularly, this patentspecification relates to methods and systems for correcting for ordetermining attenuation and/or phase due to a conductive casing of aborehole used in making electromagnetic measurements.

2. Background

Cross-well electromagnetic surveys have been used in the past to map theformation between two wells in oil-field environments. There are manypapers in this area, among the earliest ones are modeling studies in1995 by B. R. Spies and T. M. Habashy (see, B. R. Spies and T. M.Habashy, Sensitivity analysis of crosswell electromagnetics, Geophysics,Vol. 60, No. 3, P. 834-845 (1995)), by D. Alumbaugh and H. F. Morrison(see, David L. Alumbaugh and H. Frank Morrison, Theoretical andpractical considerations for crosswell electromagnetic tomographyassuming a cylindrical geometry, Geophysics, Vol. 60, No. 3, 1995, P.846-870), and experimental studies by M. J. Wilt et al. (see, M. J.Wilt, D. L. Alumbaugh, H. F. Morrison, A. Becker, K. H. Lee and M.Deszcz-Pan, Crosswell electromagnetic tomography; system designconsiderations and field results, Geophysics, Vol. 60, No. 3, 1995, P.871-885). More recently, regarding a new generation crosswell EM system,see Luis DePavia, Ping Zhang, David Alumbaugh, Cyrille Levesque, HongZhang and Richard Rosthal, Next generation cross-well EM imaging tool,SPE, 2008. Surface to borehole EM has also been considered, for example,to track water fronts in CO₂ and water injection oil fields.

Among the above technologies, it is often the case where at least onetool string needs to be put into metallic cased wells for datacollection within depths of interest. The inhomogeneities of wellcasing, both in thickness, diameters, and electromagnetic properties,make it challenging to remove these casing imprints on EM data in orderto get high resolution inversion images. There are some known methodsrelated to casing imprints removal. For example, see U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. ______ (Attorney Docket No. 23.0699, ProvisionalU.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 61/075913 filed on Jun. 26, 2008), andU.S. patent application Ser. No. ______ (Attorney Docket No. 23.0689,U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/117,089, filed May 8, 2008)hereinafter referred to as “the '089 application,” and incorporatedherein by reference.

The casing correction described in the '089 application PatentApplication involves using numerical modeling codes to calculate thecasing attenuation and coil impedance to build up a look-up table, andthen search for the corresponding metallic casing attenuation factor forthe measured impedance at given frequencies.

SUMMARY

According to some embodiments, a method is provided for making anelectromagnetic survey of a formation surrounding a borehole havingcasing. The method includes deploying an electromagnetic transducer intoa section of the borehole that is cased with a conductive casing.Impedance measurements relating to impedance of the electromagnetictransducer are made while deployed in the section of the borehole.Electromagnetic survey measurements of the formation are made with theelectromagnetic transducer. Compensation is made for the attenuationand/or phase (or real and/or imaginary effects) in the electromagneticsurvey measurements due to the conductive, and possibly magnetic,casing. The compensation is based at least in part on the impedancemeasurements and one or more calculated equivalent circuit parameters.

According to some embodiments, the compensation includes correlating theimpedance measurements with numerical modeling results of a purelyinductive electromagnetic transducer, and combining the one or morecalculated equivalent circuit parameters with the numerical modelingresults. As used here the term “transducer” means any device thatconverts one type of energy or physical attribute to another for variouspurposes including measurement or information transfer. As used herein,the term “transducer” thus includes electromagnetic sensors and/orreceivers as well as transmitters.

According to some other embodiments, a system is provided for makingelectromagnetic survey measurements of a formation surrounding aborehole having a casing. The system includes an electromagnetictransducer deployable into a section of the borehole that is cased witha conductive casing such that the electromagnetic survey measurementsand impedance measurements relating to the impedance of theelectromagnetic transducer while deployed in the section of the boreholecan be made. A processing system is configured and arranged tocompensate for attenuation and/or phase of the electromagnetic surveymeasurements due to the conductive casing, the compensation being basedat least in part on the impedance measurements and one or morecalculated equivalent circuit parameters.

Further features and advantages will become more readily apparent fromthe following detailed description when taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present disclosure is further described in the detailed descriptionwhich follows, in reference to the noted plurality of drawings by way ofnon-limiting examples of exemplary embodiments, in which like referencenumerals represent similar parts throughout the several views of thedrawings, and wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic showing an electromagnetic induction survey systemin accordance with embodiments of the disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic of a four-parameter equivalent circuit model of aninduction coil in air;

FIG. 3 is a schematic of a four-parameter equivalent circuit model 310of an induction coil in metallic casing, according to embodiments;

FIG. 4 shows a typical fit of modeled impedance to measured impedancefor a transmitter or receiver coil with a magnetic core in air/vacuum,according to some embodiments;

FIGS. 5 and 6 are plots showing real and imaginary part of numericalmodeling results of a perfect coil with various casing relative magneticpermeabilities;

FIGS. 7 and 8 are plots comparing measured and calculated real andimaginary impedance for a magnetic core coil in casing, according toembodiments;

FIG. 9 shows an equivalent circuit of trans-impedance in air, accordingto embodiments; and

FIG. 10 shows an equivalent circuit of trans-impedance model in casing,according to embodiments.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

In the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments,reference is made to accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof,and within which are shown by way of illustration specific embodimentsby which the disclosure may be practiced. It is to be understood thatother embodiments may be utilized and structural changes may be madewithout departing from the scope of the disclosure.

The particulars shown herein are by way of example and for purposes ofillustrative discussion of the embodiments of the present disclosureonly and are presented in the cause of providing what is believed to bethe most useful and readily understood description of the principles andconceptual aspects of the present disclosure. In this regard, no attemptis made to show structural details of the present disclosure in moredetail than is necessary for the fundamental understanding of thepresent disclosure, the description taken with the drawings makingapparent to those skilled in the art how the several forms of thepresent disclosure may be embodied in practice. Further, like referencenumbers and designations in the various drawings indicated likeelements.

Embodiments described herein are related to crosswell,surface-to-borehole and single well electromagnetic induction logging inmetallic cased wells. Means are described for correlating induction coilimpedance measurement results with numerical modeling results of apurely inductive coil. This is accomplished by using a proper equivalentcircuit model of the coil impedance, both in air and in metallic wellcasings, with the inductance value being substituted by calculated valueusing numerical modeling codes. This will, in turn, allow real-timecasing corrections during crosswell, surface-to-borehole, andsingle-well induction loggings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic showing an electromagnetic induction survey systemin accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure. Boreholes 110and 112 are in subterranean formation 100. Wireline toolstring 120 isdeployed in borehole 110 from wireline truck 102 using cable 132 viawellhead 114. Similarly, wireline toolstring 122 is deployed in borehole112 from wireline truck 104 using cable 134 via wellhead 116. Borehole110 is shown cased with casing 176 in the vicinity of toolstring 120,and borehole 112 is shown cased with casing 174 in the vicinity oftoolstring 122. Surface stations TSS (Transmitter Surface Station) andRSS (Receiver Surface Station) inside Trucks 102 and 104 communicatewith each other and/or other surface components and systems viacommunication with satellite 140 or other known wireless or wired means.Toolstring 120 includes several components, such as receivers 124, 126and 128. Toolstring 122 includes transmitter 130. According to someembodiments, surface transmitters and/or receivers 106 and 108 are usedinstead of, or in addition to either of the downhole tool strings 120and 122 when performing surface-to-borehole or borehole-to-surfaceelectromagnetic induction surveys. According to some embodiments,processing system 150 is connected either to the TSS and/or RSS, and isused to process the measured data. System 150 includes one or moreprocessors 154 and a storage system 152 that can include various typesof storage including volatile memory such as primary random accessmemory, and non-volatile memory such as read-only memory, flash memory,magnetic computer storage devices such as hard disks, floppy disks, andmagnetic tape, and optical discs such as CD ROMS, DVD ROMS. According tosome embodiments, a processing system such as processing system 150 isincorporated into the TSS and/or RSS. It is also recognized thatcommunication between the TSS and RSS is not necessary; as long as theTSS and RSS can be synchronized by reference to the same time standard(as for instance the GPS satellite system), data can be stored for laterprocessing.

Deep sensing induction tools such as transmitter 130 on toolstring 122broadcast an electromagnetic field into a conductive media includingformation 100 and measure the attenuation and phase shift of theelectromagnetic field at a receiver coil such as receivers 124, 126 and128 in toolstring 120 located at some distance away from the transmitter130. The positions of the transmitters and receivers are then changedthroughout a whole reservoir region within formation 100, as well asabove and below the reservoir, to provide a set of magnetic fieldmeasurements, including amplitude and phase, that have sensitivity tovarious spatial positions within the reservoir. The data are thenprocessed in processing system 150 (or in the TSS and/or RSS) andinverted to provide data without the casing imprints when thetransmitter 130 or the receivers 124, 126 and 128 are inside aconductive and/or magnetic casing such that the data ‘look’ like openhole data. A resistivity distribution around the borehole or between theboreholes 110 and 112 can then be inverted from the corrected data.

While the use of two wireline units is primarily shown in FIG. 1,according to other embodiments the techniques described herein arepracticed using permanent transmitters such as transmitters 182 and/orpermanent receivers such as receivers 180 in one or both wells or usingsensors deployed while drilling. For further detail on permanentelectromagnetic measurement systems, see U.S. Pat. No. 6,534,986 whichis incorporated herein by reference. According to yet other embodiments,the transmitter and receiver can be located in a single well. Forexample, receiver 124 is instead a transmitter, while receivers 126 and128 remain receivers. For further detail on single-well electromagneticmeasurement systems see, U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______(Attorney Docket No. 23.0697, Application Ser. No. 61/119,282, filedDec. 2, 2008, which is incorporated herein by reference.

According to some embodiments, a definition is made of a properequivalent circuit of a receiver coil with a magnetic core inair/vacuum. FIG. 2 is a schematic of a four-parameter equivalent circuitmodel of an induction coil in air. L is the coil inductance, R_(s) isthe winding resistance, C_(p) is the stray capacitance of the winding,and R_(p) is the core loss resistance. The four-parameter circuit model210 is used to fit the experimental impedance data to obtain the valuesof the circuit parameters. In order to adequately simulate the frequencydependence of a transmitter or receiver coil impedance, a seriesresistor R_(s) is included for the resistance of the wire and a parallelcapacitance for the distributed winding-to-winding capacitance. When thecoil has a magnetic core in it, a parallel resistance R_(p) should beincluded to account for the losses in the core. Note that for an aircored coil, the parameter R_(p) can be omitted and a three parametermodel fits the data.

There are three observations that form the basis of the embodimentdescribed herein. These observations were made in lab measurements witha test coil.

First, a four-parameter circuit model can describe the receiver mainwinding impedance in air. The main winding impedance was measured in airfrom 40 Hz to 1 KHz. The data were fit to the four-parameter circuitmodel 210 as shown in FIG. 2. One of the circuit parameters R_(s) is theDC resistance of the main winding, and was measured using an ohmmeter atroom temperature. The other three parameters, winding inductance L,winding stray capacitance C_(p), and parallel resistor R_(p)representing the core losses, were obtained via the best data fitting.The parameter R_(s) is preferably measured separately in cases where theimpedance analyzer does not accurately measure below 40 Hz. For example,at 40 Hz, the inductive impedance, ωL is approximately 50,000 ohm, whileR_(s) is only 600 ohm. This makes it difficult to accurately fit forparameter R_(s). If an impedance analyzer is used that is capable ofmeasuring much lower frequencies, separate measurement of R_(s) would beunnecessary.

Second, the coil was placed into a metallic casing, and the main windingimpedance was measured at the same frequency range. Due to the presenceof the conductive and/or magnetic casing, the apparent impedance of themain winding is dramatically different from the impedance of the mainwinding in air.

Third, the effect of casing can be included into an effective componentZ in an equivalent circuit. FIG. 3 is a schematic of a four-parameterequivalent circuit model 310 of an induction coil in metallic casing,according to embodiments. Z is an effective component, representing theimpedance of a coil in metallic casing calculated using numericalmodeling codes; R_(s) is the coil winding resistance, C_(p) is the straycapacitance measured in air, and R_(p) is the same core loss resistanceobtained from impedance measurement in air. R_(s), C, and R_(p) are thesame value as obtained through impedance measurement in air as describedwith respect to FIG. 2.

The effective inductance was calculated using a 2D numerical modelingcode, with the presence of the metallic casing. Electromagnetic modelingcodes such as finite element and/or finite difference analysis softwarecan be used. Examples of commercially available numericalelectromagnetic (EM) modeling software packages that are suitable forgenerating the relationships include: MagNet finite element analysissimulation software from Infolytica Corporation, and ComsolMultiphysics® software from Comsol AB.

The electrical conductivity and/or magnetic permeability of the metalliccasing are adjustable parameters, with their true values being the bestfit of the calculated impedance of equivalent circuit in FIG. 3 and themeasured value. This EM modeling is for a perfect coil in casing. Itincludes the ohmic losses due to the casing (some but not all EMmodeling code may be able to include magnetic hysteresis losses ofcasing), but does not include the wire resistance, stray capacitance ormost of the core losses.

The techniques described herein allow for direct comparisons betweencalculated induction coil impedance using numerical codes to measuredimpedance of a real induction coil.

According to some embodiments, the main winding impedance of aninduction coil with a magnetic core and the DC resistance are measuredin air/vacuum, and the data were fit to the four-component circuit model210 to obtain the winding inductance, the winding stray capacitance, andthe core loss resistance. When the same coil is put inside a metalliccasing, the measured main winding impedance data can be described withthe four component circuit model 310, with the winding inductance Lbeing replaced by the impedance calculated using numerical modelingcodes. The approximation is valid only if the capacitance between thecoil and the metallic casing is negligible, and if the magnetichysteresis losses in the casing is negligible comparing to the ohmiclosses in the casing, so that the Rp value obtained from impedance inmeasurement in air in circuit model 210 can be used in circuit model310. It has been found that most of the EM modeling codes include theconductive losses in the casing, but not the magnetic hysteresis lossesin the casing. In general, the ohmic losses in the casing are muchlarger than the magnetic hysteresis losses in the casing.

The modeling provides the Z, which depends upon the parameters of thecasing (magnetic permeability, electrical conductivity, wall thickness,and outer diameter), as well as the frequency of operation. The measuredimpedance of the sensor depends upon those casing parameters as well asthe electrical parameters of the sensor itself. Thus, a means to relatethe modeled results to the measured results is provided. By varying thecasing parameters in the model, we can find the set of parameters thatbest fit the measurements in casing and thus determine the casingparameters.

Modeling for the examples described herein were performed with a 2Dfinite element electromagnetic modeling code. In the examples, we usedthe code to model an azimuthally symmetric situation. In this case, wewere interested in modeling the impedance of a coil with a magneticcore. The parameters correspond to a test sensor for use in thelaboratory.

The modeling code works such that a source is specified as a collectionof delta function currents with coordinates r and z. Then, the azimuthalelectric field is calculated everywhere. Then the impedance is definedas Z=−V/I. The negative polarity arises from the fact that the modelingcode used calculates the voltage induced by the current which is thenegative of the voltage that is necessary to make the current flow. Whenwe are interested in calculating the impedance, the desired electricfield is along the same positions as the current sources.

Various methods can be used to calculate the values for the equivalentcircuit parameters. According to some embodiments a non-linearleast-squares optimization routine in MATLAB was used to estimate thevalues. The MATLAB routine takes as input the impedance vs. frequencydata as measured by an impedance analyzer and fits for the circuitparameters. A feature of this MATLAB code is that it allows any of theparameters to be fixed values. Thus, for instance, it may be verydifficult to estimate the series resistor (R_(s)) for a coil having acore, due to the fact that the inductance is very large, nearly 200Henrys. Even at very low frequencies, this can correspond to animpedance of 50,000 ohms. Thus, it can be difficult to accurately fitfor the resistance in series with that large impedance. On the otherhand, it is relatively easy to measure the DC resistance of that circuitand to fix the series resistance at that value.

FIG. 4 shows a typical fit for a receiver coil with a magnetic core,according to some embodiments. Curve 410 is the real portion of themodel, curve 412 is the measured real portion of coil impedance, curve422 is the imaginary portion of the model and curve 420 is the measuredimaginary portion of coil impedance. As we can see, the fit isextraordinary, with R² values in excess of 0.99. In this case, we defineR² as:

$R^{2} = {1 - \frac{\sum\left( {z_{measure} - z_{model}} \right)^{2}}{\sum\left( z_{measure} \right)^{2}}}$

Such a value of R² indicates that the modeled impedance is very close tothe actual impedance. In this case, we have set R_(s) equal to themeasured DC value of 1082Ω. An inductance of 192.6 H, a parallelcapacitance of 771 pF and a parallel resistance of 1.90 MΩ wereobtained. The EM modeling calculated inductance for this example is202.4 H. This is an error of only 5 percent due to the magnetic core,which is an excellent result given the approximations made (as describedin paragraph [0032]).

FIGS. 5 and 6 are plots showing real and imaginary parts of numericalmodeling results of a perfect coil with various casing relative magneticpermeabilities. Here we add to the previous model for the coil having amagnetic core, a cylindrical shell corresponding to the casing. In thiscase, the casing has an inner diameter (ID) of 6.40″ and an outerdiameter (OD) of 7″. The electrical and magnetic properties are notknown exactly. Casing corrosion studies indicate that the magneticpermeability varies more than the electrical conductivity. For thisreason, we have used an electrical conductivity of 6.41×10⁶ (resistivityof 1.56×10⁻⁷ Ωm) and have let μ_(rel) vary between 50 and 200. Theresults for the real and imaginary parts of the impedance are show inFIGS. 5 and 6 together with the data. In FIG. 5, curve 510 is themeasured real portion, curve 512 is the modeled real portion forμ_(rel)=200, curve 514 is the modeled real portion for μ_(rel)=150,curve 516 is the modeled real portion for μ_(rel)=100, and curve 518 isthe modeled real portion for μ_(rel)=50. In FIG. 6, curve 610 is themeasured imaginary portion, curve 612 is the modeled imaginary portionfor μ_(rel)=200, curve 614 is the modeled imaginary portion forμ_(rel)=150, curve 616 is the modeled imaginary portion for μ_(rel)=100,and curve 618 is the modeled imaginary portion for μ_(rel)=50. We seefrom FIGS. 5 and 6 that there is poor agreement.

The reason for the disagreement is apparent, in that the numericalmodeling was for a perfect coil. We are attempting to measure theimpedance of a real circuit with imperfect circuit elements. Just as thecircuit 210 of FIG. 2 was necessary to fit the data, we need to includeall the other elements of the circuit in order to simulate thisresponse. We do that by modifying the circuit to that of circuit 310 inFIG. 3, namely by substituting the numerical modeling result for theimpedance of the coil.

Thus, we model the coil with a core in casing. This results in a compleximpedance which includes the effect of the casing. We then substitutethe complex modeled result for that of a perfect coil. We then constructa circuit that includes the series resistance, parallel resistance, andparallel capacitance. We will assume that these values are the same asthe values without casing. In this case, the most pretinent parameter isthe parallel capacitance. When these other parts of the circuit areincluded, the results are more accurate. For another sensor or anothercircuit, other of the circuit parameters might be more useful.

FIGS. 7 and 8 are plots comparing measured and calculated real andimaginary parts of the impedance for a magnetic core coil in casing,according to embodiments. As in the previous case, the casing has an IDof 6.40″ and an OD of 7″, electrical conductivity is 6.41×10⁶(resistivity of 1.56×10⁻⁷ Ωm), and μ_(rel) varies between 50 and 200. InFIG. 7, curve 710 is the measured real portion of the data, curve 712 isthe calculated real portion for μ_(rel)=200, curve 714 is the calculatedreal portion for μ_(rel)=150, curve 716 is the calculated real portionfor μ_(rel)=100, and curve 718 is the calculated real portion forμ_(rel)−50. In FIG. 8, curve 810 is the measured imaginary portion ofthe data, curve 812 is the calculated imaginary portion for μ_(rel)=200,curve 814 is the calculated imaginary portion for μ_(rel)=150, curve 816is the calculated imaginary portion for μ_(rel)=100, and curve 818 isthe calculated imaginary portion for μ_(rel)=50. These figures show thatwhen the other parameters of the circuit are included, it is possible toobtain a good fit to the data, even when frequencies pass through theresonance peak of the coil. The figures also show that the shape of thecurves are influenced by the magnetic permeability of the casing.Different permeabilities result in different frequency dependence forthe impedance. The best fit here is achieved with a magneticpermeability of μ_(rel)=100.

Thus the response of a transmitter and/or receiver coil with magneticcore in casing can be successfully modeled. The response is differentfrom the results obtained only using an EM modeling code. The electricalcharacteristics of the circuit are included in order to understand theresults. The response is well modeled even through the circuitresonance. There is a strong dependency upon the casing characteristics.

While much of the description above applies to measurements usingdirect-impedance modeling, according to other embodiment the techniquesdescribed herein also apply to trans-impedance measurements where thecurrent in the primary coil and the voltage in the secondary coil aremeasured. For further detail on trans-impedance electromagneticmeasurement techniques, see U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No.61/075,713, filed on Feb. 19, 2009, which is hereby incorporated byreference herein. In FIG. 1, for example, each of the receivers 124, 126and 128 have a coil consisting of a main winding and a feedback winding.The feedback windings can be driven simultaneously at a low level whilemeasuring induced voltages on the main winding of each receiver. Theoutput of the measurements is the trans-impedance between the mainwinding and its own feedback winding. FIG. 9 shows an equivalent circuitof trans-impedance in air. As can be seen, the equivalent circuit can bedescribed with a five-parameter circuit model 910, where Z_(trans)=V/I.Similarly, FIG. 10 shows an equivalent circuit of trans-impedance model1010 in casing. Referring to FIGS. 9-10, a person of ordinary skill inthe art will understand how to apply the foregoing examples to thetrans-impedance setting.

Whereas many alterations and modifications of the present disclosurewill no doubt become apparent to a person of ordinary skill in the artafter having read the foregoing description, it is to be understood thatthe particular embodiments shown and described by way of illustrationare in no way intended to be considered limiting. Further, thedisclosure has been described with reference to particular preferredembodiments, but variations within the spirit and scope of thedisclosure will occur to those skilled in the art. It is noted that theforegoing examples have been provided merely for the purpose ofexplanation and are in no way to be construed as limiting of the presentdisclosure. While the present disclosure has been described withreference to exemplary embodiments, it is understood that the words,which have been used herein, are words of description and illustration,rather than words of limitation. Changes may be made, within the purviewof the appended claims, as presently stated and as amended, withoutdeparting from the scope and spirit of the present disclosure in itsaspects. Although the present disclosure has been described herein withreference to particular means, materials and embodiments, the presentdisclosure is not intended to be limited to the particulars disclosedherein; rather, the present disclosure extends to all functionallyequivalent structures, methods and uses, such as are within the scope ofthe appended claims.

1. A method for taking an electromagnetic survey of a formationsurrounding a borehole having casing comprising: deploying anelectromagnetic transducer into a section of the borehole that is casedwith a conductive casing; making an impedance measurement relating toimpedance of the electromagnetic transducer while deployed in thesection of the borehole; making electromagnetic survey measurements ofthe formation with the electromagnetic transducer; and compensating forattenuation and/or phase in the electromagnetic survey measurements dueto the conductive casing, the compensation being based at least in parton the impedance measurement and one or more equivalent circuitparameters.
 2. A method according to claim 1 wherein the one or moreequivalent circuit parameters are selected from the group consisting ofinductance, resistance, conductance, capacitance, elastance, reluctanceand reactance.
 3. A method according to claim 2 wherein the one ore moreequivalent circuit parameters are selected from the group consisting ofresistance, conductance, capacitance, elastance, reluctance andreactance.
 4. A method according to claim 1 wherein the compensatingcomprises associating the impedance measurements with numerical modelingresults of a purely inductive electromagnetic transducer.
 5. A methodaccording to claim 4 wherein the numerical modeling comprises finiteelement or finite difference electromagnetic modeling code.
 6. A methodaccording to claim 4 wherein the compensating further comprisescombining the one or more equivalent circuit parameters with thenumerical modeling results.
 7. A method according to claim 6 wherein thenumerical modeling results are modified based at least in part on theone or more equivalent circuit parameters.
 8. A method according toclaim 6 wherein the compensating further comprises calculating impedanceof the electromagnetic transducer based at least in part on the one ormore equivalent circuit parameters and the numerical modeling results.9. A method according to claim 1 wherein the conductive casing ismagnetic.
 10. A method according to claim 1 wherein the conductivecasing is substantially non-magnetic.
 11. A method according to claim 1wherein the electromagnetic survey measurements detect formationproperties more than 1 meter from the borehole.
 12. A method accordingto claim 1 further comprising deploying a second electromagnetictransducer into a section of a second borehole, wherein theelectromagnetic survey measurements are made by transmitting andreceiving between the boreholes using the transducers.
 13. A methodaccording to claim 1 further comprising deploying a secondelectromagnetic transducer on the surface, wherein the electromagneticsurvey measurements are made by transmitting and receiving betweensurface and the borehole using the transducers.
 14. A method accordingto claim 1 further comprising deploying a second electromagnetictransducer into the section of the borehole, wherein the electromagneticsurvey measurements are made by transmitting and receiving between theelectromagnetic transducer and second electromagnetic transducer in thesection of the borehole.
 15. A method according to claim 1 wherein theelectromagnetic transducer is permanently or semi-permanently installedin the section of the borehole.
 16. A method according to claim 1further comprising deriving electrical, magnetic and/or physicalproperties of the casing based at least in part on the impedancemeasurements and the one or more equivalent circuit parameters.
 17. Amethod according to claim 1 wherein the impedance measurement includes ameasurement of trans-impedance between a first winding and a secondwinding within the electromagnetic transducer.
 18. A method according toclaim 17 wherein the first winding a main winding and the second windingis a feedback winding, and the measurements of trans-impedance includemeasuring induced voltages on the main winding while driving thefeedback winding.
 19. A system for making electromagnetic surveymeasurements of a formation surrounding a borehole having a casingcomprising: an electromagnetic transducer deployable into a section ofthe borehole that is cased with a conductive casing, the electromagnetictransducer operable to take the electromagnetic survey measurements andat least one impedance measurement relating to the impedance of theelectromagnetic transducer while deployed in the section of theborehole; and a processing system configured and arranged to compensatefor attenuation and/or phase of the electromagnetic survey measurementsdue to the conductive casing, the compensation being based at least inpart on the impedance measurement and one or more equivalent circuitparameters.
 20. A system according to claim 19 wherein the one or moreequivalent circuit parameters are selected from the group consisting ofinductance, resistance, conductance, capacitance, elastance, reluctanceand reactance.
 21. A system according to claim 19 wherein thecompensation includes an association of the impedance measurements withnumerical modeling results of a purely inductive electromagnetictransducer.
 22. A system according to claim 21 wherein the compensationis based at least in part on a combination of the one or more equivalentcircuit parameters and the numerical modeling results.
 23. A systemaccording to claim 19 wherein the electromagnetic transducer is anelectromagnetic transmitter.
 24. A system according to claim 19 whereinthe electromagnetic transducer is an electromagnetic receiver.
 25. Asystem according to claim 19 further comprising a second electromagnetictransducer deployable into a section of a second borehole, wherein theelectromagnetic survey measurements are made by transmitting andreceiving between the boreholes using the transducers.
 26. A systemaccording to claim 19 further comprising a second electromagnetictransducer deployable on the surface, wherein the electromagnetic surveymeasurements are made by transmitting and receiving between surface andthe borehole using the transducers.
 27. A system according to claim 19further comprising a second electromagnetic transducer deployable intothe section of the borehole, wherein the electromagnetic surveymeasurements are made by transmitting and receiving between theelectromagnetic transducer and second electromagnetic transducer whilein the section of the borehole.
 28. A system according to claim 19wherein the electromagnetic transducer is permanently orsemi-permanently installed in the section of the borehole.
 29. A systemaccording to claim 19 wherein the processing system is furtherconfigured and arranged to derive electrical, magnetic and/or physicalproperties of the casing based at least in part on the impedancemeasurement and the one or more equivalent circuit parameters.
 30. Asystem according to claim 19 wherein the impedance measurements includemeasurements of trans-impedance between a first winding and a secondwinding within the electromagnetic transducer.
 31. A method for takingan electromagnetic survey of a formation surrounding a borehole having acasing comprising: obtaining impedance measurements relating toimpedance of an electromagnetic transducer deployed in a section of theborehole cased with a conductive casing; obtaining electromagneticsurvey measurements of the formation, the measurements made with anelectromagnetic transducer deployed into the section of the borehole;and compensating for attenuation and/or phase in the electromagneticsurvey measurements due to the conductive and/or magnetic casing, thecompensation being based at least in part on the impedance measurementsand one or more equivalent circuit parameters.
 32. A method according toclaim 31 wherein the one or more equivalent circuit parameters areselected from the group consisting of inductance, resistance,conductance, capacitance, elastance, reluctance and reactance.
 33. Amethod according to claim 31 wherein the compensation comprisesassociating the impedance measurements with numerical modeling resultsof a purely inductive electromagnetic transducer.
 34. A method accordingto claim 33 wherein the compensation further comprises combining the oneor more equivalent circuit parameters with the numerical modelingresults.
 35. A method according to claim 34 wherein the numericalmodeling results are modified based at least in part on the one or moreequivalent circuit parameters.
 36. A method according to claim 34wherein the compensation further comprises calculating impedance of theelectromagnetic transducer based at least in part on the one or moreequivalent circuit parameters and the numerical modeling results.
 37. Amethod according to claim 31 further comprising deriving electrical,magnetic and/or physical properties of the casing based at least in parton the impedance measurements and the one or more calculated or measuredequivalent circuit parameters.
 38. A method according to claim 31wherein the impedance measurements include measurements oftrans-impedance between a first winding and a second winding within theelectromagnetic transducer.
 39. A method according to claim 40 whereinthe first winding a main winding and the second winding is a feedbackwinding, and the measurements of trans-impedance include measuringinduced voltages on the main winding while driving the feedback winding.